Dros statement severely criticised following rape of a six-year-old girl

The Dros restaurant group were under pressure to respond after a young girl was raped at their establishment. They got it wrong...

The Dros restaurant group have come under fire for their response to the shocking rape of a six-year-old in one of their Pretoria-based outlets.

What we know about the Dros restaurant rape

As TimesLive reported, a 20-year-old man had appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday‚ where the case was postponed for further investigation. He will appear again on Tuesday 2 October and will spend the next six days in custody.

It’s alleged that the man had stalked his victim, by watching her in the restaurant’s play area. When she went to the bathroom, he followed behind her and carried out the disgusting sexual assault.

Dros had been placed under severe pressure to release a statement and accept responsibility for what happened on their watch. However, their address to the media was a tone-deaf farce:

This is a shocking statement from Dros about the girl that was raped at Dros in Silverton. It lacks empathy and uses sanitised language about “an incident involving a minor child” almost as if she had agency.

What was wrong with the statement from Dros?

Their response is beyond problematic. The choice of language has offended a lot of people, who see their passive approach to the rape as an attempt to shirt any sort of responsibility. Secondly, and God only knows who let this one fly, they still published their advertising slogan at the bottom of the page:

“‘Cause you can’t get enough of a good thing” – A spectacular misreading of a situation that doesn’t require a genius to interpret. Needless to say, social media users who were already floored by the devastating news felt that this added insult to injury:

This statement left me at a loss for words. They didnt even put thought or effort into it. The language they use as well just screams delfection. They say things like “SAPS is investigating” and “we’re in touch with the owners”, like this is your business/brand morons… SMH